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Subject: Re: False Sense of Security?
From: Henry Luciano (cuncator
MOTE.ORG)Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 10:34:55 CST
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Jacob Martinson wrote:
> Why would you care about a three month old exploit being run against you if
> your systems are up to date? If you believe your network has machines that
> are vulnerable, why would you leave it in a state where any available IDS
> signatures would affect you?
It's not so much that the machines are vulnerable. It's nice to see if
someone is making a concentrated effort to break into a specific system or
repeatedly trying multiple exploits across your IP space, or if your just part
of some script kiddie's scan of the entire IP universe.
Henry Luciano
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